Okay, just to make everything clear, this story was written awhile ago and I ended up taking off this site however I've decided to repost it and many others that I've discontinued or are awaiting a rewrite.

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Sitting alone in a small clearing around a small shack in the forest surrounding Konoha, a young boy with spiky blond hair and a set of whisker marks adorning his cheeks. He was wearing a bright orange jumpsuit and had a set of green goggles wrapped around his forehead. His name was Uzumaki Naruto, the only student of the ninja academy to fail the graduation exam. Fortunately one of his instructors had told him about a secret way of graduating… by stealing the scroll labelled 'forbidden' in the Hokages office and learning one jutsu from the scroll, which was apparently created solely for the purpose of the exam and every jutsu contained in it was considered difficult enough to ensure the ninja that learned it was at least genin level… at least that's what Mizuki told him.

Naruto had to admit… stealing the forbidden scroll was a lot easier than he thought it would be. Then again he didn't expect his Oiroke no jutsu to take out the Hokage in a single shot.

So here he was, looking through the scroll, looking for something that seemed both simple and cool enough to learn. The first jutsu 'Kage bunshin' was out, he couldn't even perform a basic bunshin, there was no way he would be capable of doing a higher level version. He eventually found something that seemed simple enough… the Yin Yang Jutsu, though the scroll only told him how to use the technique, not what it did. So he went ahead and started to practice it… only to pass out after using it once.

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Upon waking up, the young blond found himself staring into the concerned face of his other sensei… meaning he'd failed to learn a jutsu in time. After everything he'd done, he'd failed.

"Naruto… what do you think you're doing with that scroll?" the Chūnin instructor asked sternly. He was a young man with a large scar crossing over his nose and a pineapple style haircut. He wore a typical Konoha Chūnin outfit, consisting of navy blue pants, shirt, basic shinobi sandals, a dark green flak vest and a Konoha Hitae-ate around his head.

"I… I didn't manage to learn a jutsu," Naruto said as his eyes began to water at the thought of failing the makeup exam.

"What are you talking about? And where did you get that weapon?" Iruka asked.

"Huh? What weapon?"

"The one tied to your back," the scarred Chūnin deadpanned, causing the blond to look where the man was indicating… and sure enough there was a large handle protruding from his right shoulder, though the blond couldn't see the rest of it.

"That's weird… I don't remember having something like that before," Naruto muttered as he looked at the offending object.

"Now what was this you were saying about learning a jutsu?"

"The makeup exam Mizuki-sensei told me about… the one where I had to steal the fake forbidden scroll from the Hokages office and learn a jutsu from it."

Iruka's eyes widened when he heard that, before he found himself pinned to the shack by several kunai, each hitting a non-vital spot, but at the same time immobilizing the Chūnin.

Naruto was shocked speechless, someone had just attacked Iruka-sensei. Looking towards the unknown assailant, his eyes widened at the sight of the silver haired Chūnin, Mizuki.

"Good work Naruto, now give me the scroll," Mizuki said calmly.

"NO DON'T GIVE HIM THE SCROLL! HE'S JUST USING YOU TO STEAL IT!" Iruka shouted out, shocking the young blond.

"No Naruto, who was it that took his time to teach you when the other teachers wouldn't, and who failed you for something as simple as not being able to create a stupid bunshin?" the white haired Chūnin said sympathetically.

Those words struck a chord with the blond… out of all the teachers in the academy, only Mizuki-sensei helped him, all the others either ignored him or threw him out their classes… and Iruka-sensei failed him for not being capable of creating a pair of bunshin… but then there was something that didn't make sense.

"Why did you attack Iruka-sensei?"

"Please understand Naruto-kun… Iruka hates you for something you had no control over… I can't tell you why, because the Hokage made a law that forbid anyone from telling you about it… however, please understand that when I look at you, all I see is a young child in need of a friend and a parent. Iruka is trying to stop you from passing because he can't see the real you… you might not have see it but I did… Iruka was just itching to strike you with a kunai, that's why I stopped him," Mizuki explained over the other Chūnin's cries, "now give me the scroll so I can graduate you."

"B-but I didn't learn a single jutsu," Naruto stuttered out as he began to tear up once more.

"Naruto-kun… learning a jutsu from the scroll is nothing more than extra credit, you passed just by succeeding in taking the scroll, if you had managed to learn a jutsu from the scroll then you would've simply been given a higher ranking within the class," the silver haired instructor stated kindly.

"R-really?"

"Yes, now come over here so I can pass you," Mizuki said calmly.

"NO NARUTO! DON'T!" Iruka shouted louder than before… but it was too late.

Naruto didn't know what was going on, one second he was heading towards the one instructor that paid him any attention, then he felt a cold, sharp pain in his chest. Looking down, he saw his sensei's hand gripping a kunai that was currently imbedded slightly to the left of the centre of his chest... exactly where his heart was.

Shock filled his system as the Chūnin twisted the blade before ripping it out of him, causing as much harm as possible with the motion, while the traitorous teacher said only one sentence… "now, just die already, Kyūbi," and with that sentence flying through his head, the blond passed out.

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Naruto jerked upright before taking note of his surroundings. For some reason he was currently holed up in some kind of boiler room, with what appeared to be red hot pipes running along the walls. Following the pipes he noticed an extremely large cage with a small piece of paper attached to it and standing in front of the cage was… him?

"Who the hell are you?!"

"Who am I? I used to be you… but thanks to that little jutsu you used, I'm now me," the strange doppelganger said with a vicious smirk.

"Huh? What jutsu?"

"The Yin Yang jutsu of course… let me guess, you have absolutely no idea what it does do you, let me give you a hint, you're Yin and I'm Yang," the other Naruto said, causing the blond to finally realise what the jutsu did, "that's right, the jutsu ripped your soul in two… the only problem with the Yin Yang name is simple… we aren't equal!" and with that cry 'Yang' charged the blond, ripping their weapon from his back along the way.

Taking a moment to look at the strange weapon, 'Yin' realised that it was a large… axe like weapon made up of two crescent shaped blades attached to each other while the pole passed through both of them.

Barely blocking the attack with his own 'axe', 'Yin' grimaced as he felt the shock from the blow flow through is body, before a sharp impact to his midriff knocked him back several feet.

"Do ya get it yet? I got everything, the strength, the speed, the chakra… you have nothing on your side!" 'Yang' claimed before charging again.

'Yin' might have been a fool, but even a fool can learn, so instead of blocking like before, he proceeded to parry the attack, knocking the other him off balance and only letting him land a mere knick on the darker versions shoulder as it succeeded in dodging most of the strike.

"Tch… lucky shot," 'Yang' muttered as he checked his 'injury' which had barely cut the skin.

"Let's see… he's stronger, faster and tougher than me… but he also seems a little… rasher than me and he seemed a little too easy to knock off balance... is it possible he got the strength and I got the skill?" 'Yin' thought before his opponent charged again.

Parrying another strike, 'Yin' hooked his leg behind his unbalanced opponents and proceeded to counter… successfully tripping the faster opponent and scoring a direct hit to his chest.

"…"

"…"

"THAT'S IT! FUCK YOU!" and with that furious cry, 'Yang' began his assault with renewed vigour as its eyes shone a deep crimson and a bloody aura lingered over its body.

'Yin' found himself hard pressed to keep up with the enraged alter ego's attacks, as they came too fast for him to parry effectively… he was losing control of the battle.

"That's it… he has all that power but no control... I guess all I can try to do is use my strength to its fullest and beat him that way," Yin thought as he began to channel small amounts of chakra into his limbs and found himself pushing back against his alter ego, earning a small grimace from the darker half.

Then the hammer blow came as 'Yang' put all his strength into a single strike that was easily deflected, before, with a single swift swing of his blade, 'Yin' succeeded in cleaving half way through his darkness.

"Heh… heh… hehehe… looks like ya got me… I was kinda hoping you'd just die… then I could've gotten our revenge on all those assholes that treated us like shit… but I guess it's not to be huh Naruto… I guess I should explain something for you… you see, you're Naruto… I may be your darkness but I have my own name… remember it… because if you ever want the power to protect those assholes, then you WILL need my power… when you need my strength, call my name… inore Santa Teresa," the losing persona said as he began to disintegrate.

"Wait! What about that cage?"

"Tch… stop being such a dipshit… that's the Kyūbi's cage," Naruto's brain stopped functioning… that cage held the Kyūbi of all things… it made sense, yet he didn't want to believe it, "see ya around Naruto," and with that last sentence, the doppelganger vanished into nothing.

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Despite his minor injuries, Iruka was putting up a stubborn fight as Mizuki attempted to silence him and take the forbidden scroll from Konoha.

"Come one Iruka… you can do this, you just have to hold him off until help arrives," the loyal Chūnin thought to himself as he proceeded to block another attack from the traitor.

"Just give up Iruka… help isn't coming for you, so just make it easy for yourself and let me go with the scroll!" the silver haired former instructor shouted at his old friend.

"NEVER! I'm not going to let you escape!"

"Tch… big words coming from someone on their last legs," Mizuki said, drawing a kunai from his pouch and proceeded to raise it above Iruka's guard… before freezing in terror.

Iruka didn't know what to do, he'd never felt a chakra as dark and sinister as the one he was feeling right now, hell the Kyūbi's chakra was less oppressive than this.

Looking towards the source of the chakra, both Chūnin stared in shock as they saw a certain blond that had previously had his heart ripped open, standing with an aura of black chakra spiralling around him. They could only watch in amazement as the injury he possessed, rapidly closed and stitched itself back together before their eyes… leaving the blond completely unscathed.

The dark aura gradually died down, leaving the blond standing there , his head low and his arms dangling.

"Tch… So you ready to make that asshole pay for what he did Naruto?" a familiar voice in the blonds' head asked.

"Huh? Santa Teresa? You're still there?"

"Damn right I am… that fight was just to see who was the 'dominant' persona, the loser just got stuck in our blade, now do you remember what I told you?"

"To use your power… just call your name," Naruto thought as he proceeded to draw his 'axe', "inore Santa Teresa."

The black chakra returned as it enveloped the blond once again, this time completely obscuring all sight of him.

Mizuki didn't know what happened, when he proceeded to block a massive scythe that erupted from the chakra, only to find himself getting implaled by what appeared to be three more scythes, each equally as massive as the first. It only became clear to him, once the smoke cleared… revealing a slightly taller version of Naruto with sharp teeth and… four armour plated arms, each holding a scythe about the same height as the traitor, while a pair of mismatching horns protruded from his head.

"I have to admit… I like having four arms to kill you with," Naruto said with a smirk, before twisting his wrists and ripping the traitorous Chūnin to pieces.

"Looks like that part of your darkness that stayed with you was your blood thirst, that's lucky for your ninja career now isn't it," Santa Teresa told the blond as his form reverted back to his completely human state… also undoing the height boost he'd received during his time in his other form.

Realising that he had just lost his height, Naruto couldn't help but moan at still being the second shortest member of his class.

"N-Naruto?" Iruka asked nervously as he observed the orange clad academy student.

"Hey Iruka sensei… I'm sorry," the child muttered with his head held low.

"…"

"Come on, we've gotta see the Hokage," the Chūnin said as he took the blond to see the village leader.